free speech Archives

BOOK REVIEW: “Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right,” by Christopher L. Eisgruber (Basic Books, 2025)

The book "seeks not to persuade readers to act as to reassure them that everything on college campuses is ok."

by Future U/ April 1, 2026/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

AAUP President Todd Wolfson: It is "an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom.”

by Future U/ February 18, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Isaac Kamola, Trinity College: “Everybody is walking on eggshells, and what you get is the opposite of free speech.”

by Future U/ February 17, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Petition: This is a testing ground to see how far the government and current administration can push us.

by Future U/ December 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Okla Gov. Kevin Stitt: “I’m calling on the OU regents to ensure other students aren’t unfairly penalized for their beliefs,"

by Future U/ December 1, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"The decision to censor the newspaper had been roundly condemned."

by Future U/ November 7, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but his rhetoric was strident and dismissive.

by Roger Barbee/ September 13, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” an audience member asked. …

by Future U/ September 11, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"University administrators, protected by the doctrine of qualified immunity, can silence dissent without consequence."

by B.M. Ryan/ March 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"If the Trump Administration declares you an enemy, it will come after you; and it will test limits of legality."

by Future U/ March 18, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Society/

"A task force will determine “how/when Cornell should speak institutionally on politics, ideology, current affairs, and world events.”

by Future U/ March 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”

by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Federal compulsion of policies at public colleges is a dangerous expansion of government power over colleges."

by Future U/ February 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"First Amendment right of academic freedom should extend to intramural expression about university educational policy."

by Future U/ January 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

“Academic freedom technically exists, but many faculty lack faith that it will be there to protect them."

by Future U/ December 15, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/